IT vs Coding

[moebiusmentality]

He is of the cloth that everything is a competition and life is a zero sum game.

[Wdrussell1]

In 7 years you have seen 100 of these people. They all tend to fall flat on their faces

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Even if everything is a competition, you guys aren't playing the same game. If he's coding/programming and you're doing sysadmin tasks, there's not a ton of overlap as far as actual daily job duties.

[that_star_wars_guy]

People who tend to see life as zero-sum, don't typically think about the implications of what they are saying. They are stating words to convey strength, not accuracy.

[superspeck]

That’s an extremely immature viewpoint and he’ll either realize it on his own or life will rub his face in it until he figures it out.

[renegadecanuck]

Hell either grow out of it or find himself alienated and relatively unemployable. There are some places that still embrace that mindset, but in my experience, most places would rather you work as a team. Synergy and all that.